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Wed 20 Nov 2019

How to port an awk script to Python

Before porting an awk script to Python, it is often worthwhile to consider its original context. For example, because of awk's limitations, the awk code is commonly called from a Bash script and includes some calls to other command-line favorites like sed, sort, and the gang. It's best to convert all of it into one coherent Python program. Other times, the script makes overly broad assumptions; for example, the code might allow for any number of files, even though it's run with only one in practice.

After carefully considering the context and determining the thing to substitute with Python, it is time to write code.

Source: How to port an awk script to Python, an article by Moshe Zadka.